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Podcast: New Books in Human Rights
Episode: Amy Gajda, "Seek and Hide: The Tangled History of the Right to Privacy" (Viking, 2022)
Description: Should everyone have privacy in their personal lives? Can privacy exist in a public place? Is there a right to be left alone, even in the United States?The battle between an individual’s right to privacy and the public’s right to know has been fought for centuries. You may be surprised to realize that the original framers were sensitive to the importance of privacy interests relating to sexuality and intimate life, but mostly just for the powerful and the privileged.The founders demanded privacy for all the wrong press-quashing reasons. Supreme Court jusÂtice...